org.acegisecurity.providers.x509

Class X509AuthenticationToken

java.lang.Object

org.acegisecurity.providers.AbstractAuthenticationToken

org.acegisecurity.providers.x509.X509AuthenticationToken

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Principal, Authentication

public class X509AuthenticationToken
extends AbstractAuthenticationToken

Authentication implementation for X.509 client-certificate authentication.

Version:

$Id: X509AuthenticationToken.java 1784 2007-02-24 21:00:24Z luke_t $

Author:

Luke Taylor

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
X509AuthenticationToken(Object principal, X509Certificate credentials, GrantedAuthority[] authorities) Used for an authentication response object.
X509AuthenticationToken(X509Certificate credentials) Used for an authentication request.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	getCredentials() The credentials that prove the principal is correct.
Object	getPrincipal() The identity of the principal being authenticated.

Methods inherited from class org.acegisecurity.providers.AbstractAuthenticationToken

equals, getAuthorities, getDetails, getName, hashCode, isAuthenticated, setAuthenticated, setDetails, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface java.security.Principal

implies

Constructor Detail

X509AuthenticationToken

public X509AuthenticationToken(X509Certificate credentials)

Used for an authentication request. The Authentication.isAuthenticated() will return false.

Parameters:

credentials - the certificate

X509AuthenticationToken

public X509AuthenticationToken(Object principal,
                               X509Certificate credentials,
                               GrantedAuthority[] authorities)

Used for an authentication response object. The Authentication#isAuthenticated() will return true.

Parameters:

principal - the principal, which is generally a UserDetails

credentials - the certificate

authorities - the authorities

Method Detail

getCredentials

public Object getCredentials()

Description copied from interface: Authentication

The credentials that prove the principal is correct. This is usually a password, but could be anything relevant to the AuthenticationManager. Callers are expected to populate the credentials.

Returns:

the credentials that prove the identity of the Principal

getPrincipal

public Object getPrincipal()

Description copied from interface: Authentication

The identity of the principal being authenticated. This is usually a username. Callers are expected to populate the principal.

Returns:

the Principal being authenticated